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Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that the staff always washed their hands before providing person-to-person care in the last 2 months

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Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021
Province
New Brunswick
80.2
79.3 - 81.1
90.4
89.6 - 91.1
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
76.0
74.1 - 77.8
91.6
90.1 - 93.1
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
78.5
76.6 - 80.5
87.4
85.6 - 89.3
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
82.4
80.5 - 84.3
91.7
90.2 - 93.2
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
84.9
82.3 - 87.5
90.8
88.4 - 93.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
75.5
71.1 - 79.8
88.4
84.8 - 92.1
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
85.4
83.2 - 87.6
91.6
89.4 - 93.8
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
84.9
81.1 - 88.7
90.9
87.4 - 94.4
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
82.5
78.8 - 86.1
89.8
86.0 - 93.6
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
82.5
78.9 - 86.2
91.3
87.7 - 94.9
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
72.1
65.4 - 78.9
92.5
88.2 - 96.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
86.1
81.9 - 90.3
89.8
84.3 - 95.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
78.2
72.5 - 83.8
84.5
78.6 - 90.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
71.5
66.3 - 76.6
90.0
84.7 - 95.3
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
85.8
80.0 - 91.7
96.1
91.3 - 100.0
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
84.9
81.4 - 88.3
92.0
88.8 - 95.2
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
89.5
86.5 - 92.5
93.8
91.3 - 96.3
Fredericton
79.5
75.5 - 83.5
89.1
85.7 - 92.5
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
S
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
82.6
77.6 - 87.6
87.7
83.0 - 92.4
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
97.2
92.3 - 100.0
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
77.0
69.0 - 84.9
92.4
86.3 - 98.5
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
84.6
80.5 - 88.8
89.7
85.7 - 93.7
Moncton
75.4
72.1 - 78.8
91.4
88.6 - 94.2
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
87.9
81.4 - 94.5
93.5
87.9 - 99.0
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
97.1
91.9 - 100.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
76.9
70.5 - 83.4
89.4
83.8 - 95.1
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
81.6
76.3 - 86.9
91.0
85.6 - 96.3
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
76.1
67.6 - 84.6
91.0
86.3 - 95.8
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
82.2
78.0 - 86.5
82.9
77.7 - 88.1
Riverview and Coverdale
70.1
63.8 - 76.4
92.3
87.9 - 96.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
78.4
72.6 - 84.1
90.6
85.2 - 96.1
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
73.5
69.7 - 77.2
87.2
83.9 - 90.4
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
92.5
85.0 - 100.0
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
73.9
67.7 - 80.2
94.2
90.6 - 97.8
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
88.1
82.3 - 93.9
89.3
83.2 - 95.3
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
71.2
65.3 - 77.1
90.0
85.6 - 94.5
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
76.9
72.3 - 81.4
87.8
83.4 - 92.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
92.2
89.2 - 95.2
89.9
85.4 - 94.5
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
87.8
83.4 - 92.3
97.9
95.5 - 100.0
Age
18-64
82.5
80.1 - 84.8
90.4
88.4 - 92.3
65 and over
79.8
78.9 - 80.8
90.4
89.5 - 91.2
Gender
Female
79.2
77.9 - 80.4
90.2
89.1 - 91.3
Male
81.9
80.6 - 83.3
90.6
89.4 - 91.7
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
79.8
78.7 - 80.9
n/a
Most comfortable in French
81.6
79.8 - 83.4
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
81.2
78.1 - 84.2
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
82.9
75.5 - 90.3
92.2
86.0 - 98.4
Immigrant
Immigrants
64.0
56.0 - 72.0
n/a
Education level
High school or less
81.8
80.6 - 82.9
91.7
90.8 - 92.7
Postsecondary
78.0
76.3 - 79.6
87.8
86.2 - 89.4
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
77.0
74.6 - 79.4
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
82.5
81.2 - 83.8
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
76.9
75.0 - 78.9
n/a
$60,000 or more
77.9
74.8 - 80.9
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
67.1
59.0 - 75.1
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that the staff always washed their hands before providing person-to-person care in the last 2 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "always" by the number of respondents who answered "never, sometimes, usually or always" to the question: In the last 2 months, how often did Extra-Mural staff wash their hands or use hand sanitizer before providing person-to-person care?

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

XM_COV03_1

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